Newspaper Headlines: 72 Dead As Cyclone Amphan Wrecks Parts Of West Bengal & Other Top Stories

Hindustan Times is leading with India to reopen air travel on 383 routes across the country after a two-month gap, the government announced on Thursday, but allowed one-third of the operations beginning May 25 and set limits on fares that airlines can charge in the initial phase of this critical unlocking of swift long-distance travel. Cyclone Amphan killed at least 72 people and left a trail of destruction and damage in West Bengal.

The Asian Age is leading with the coastal states of West Bengal and Odisha facing the wrath of Cylcone Amphan on Thursday. 78 people were killed and thousands of people left homeless, bridges washed away and low-lying areas in waist deep water.

The Telegraph: West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took charge of the disaster management control room, spending hours monitoring the Amphan cyclone situation and passing on instructions to senior officials. Winds howling in at over 180km an hour slammed the Bengal coast as Cyclone Amphan made landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm".